Care homes in and around Bristol registered four coronavirus-related deaths in the first two weeks of August, official statistics have shown.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its latest weekly data set today (August 18), recording the deaths care homes have notified the Care Quality Commission of.
The death of one resident at a Bristol care home was registered last week on Wednesday, August 12, according to the provisional figures.
This was the first coronavirus-related death in a Bristol care home in August, with the last one having occurred on July 22.
In July, there were two deaths at Bristol care homes linked to coronavirus and, since April 10, a total of 143 coronavirus-related deaths have been registered at care homes in the city.
South Gloucestershire also recorded one coronavirus-related death last week, on Monday, August 10, with this one being the first of the month. However, the area has had a total of 74 coronavirus-related deaths on its care homes since April.
In North Somerset, no deaths linked to coronavirus were registered last week in care homes, the latest figures show, but two deaths have been recorded so far in August, bringing the total since April to 52.
Bath and North East Somerset is the only area not to have recorded any coronavirus-related deaths on its care homes in August.
However, the area has had 48 deaths in care homes since April 10.
According to the ONS, nearly a third of coronavirus-related deaths (29.6%) have happened in care homes, with 63.4% occurring in hospitals and less than 5% taking place at private homes.
Commenting on the figures, the ONS said in a statement: "Of the deaths registered in Week 32 (August 3-8), 152 mentioned 'novel coronavirus (COVID-19)', the lowest number of deaths involving COVID-19 in the last 20 weeks and a 21.2% decrease compared with Week 31 (193 deaths), accounting for 1.7% of all deaths in England and Wales.
"The number of deaths involving COVID-19 decreased or remained the same across the majority of the English regions, with six of the nine regions having fewer overall deaths than the five-year average."
